This Erman's Birch was named after a certain German physicist, Adolph Erman, who journeyed to eastern Siberia to explore the region in regard to magnetism. It is native to northeast Asia. It has dark green, sort of heart-shaped leaves about 2 to 4 inches long by 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide with coarse teeth on the margin with 7 to 11 vein pairs that turn a good gold fall color. It has a creamy peeling bark with copper and pink tones. It can have some problems with sawflies, aphids, and rust. It is not heat tolerant and the Bronze Birch Borer in eastern North America is, thus, deadly to it. It is sold in the UK and western Europe along with some cultivars from nurseries there. Since Europe really only has the European White Birch as the birch species there, a number of east Asian birches can make more birch diversity in landscapes.

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